Arabic For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781119475392 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 384 str.

Amine Bouchentouf

Opis

Start reading and speaking Arabic Arabic For Dummies helps readers start speaking Modern Standard Arabic in no time. Whether you re a student, traveler, or work in business or government, you ll find this title to be packed with practical lessons, cultural facts, and handy references.

Spis treści

Introduction1Part 1: Getting Started with Arabic 5Chapter 1: The Arabic You Already Know 7Chapter 2: Taking a Closer Look at the Arabic Alphabet15Chapter 3: Tackling Basic Arabic Grammar27Chapter 4: Getting Started with Basic Expressions 59Chapter 5: Getting Your Numbers, Dates, and Measurements Straight 73Chapter 6: At the Office and Around the House 81Part 2: Arabic in Action97Chapter 7: Getting to Know You: Making Small Talk 99Chapter 8: Asking Directions and Finding Your Way 111Chapter 9: Taking Care of Business and Telecommunicating 123Chapter 10: This Is Delicious! Eating In and Dining Out 137Chapter 11: Going Shopping 157Chapter 12: Hitting the Town 179Chapter 13: Enjoying Yourself: Recreation, Music, and the Outdoors 201Part 3: Arabic on the Go 215Chapter 14: Planning a Trip 217Chapter 15: Dealing with Money in a Foreign Land 235Chapter 16: Getting Around: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles 251Chapter 17: Finding a Place to Stay 273Chapter 18: Handling Emergencies 295Part 4: The Part of Tens 307Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Pick Up Arabic Quickly 309Chapter 20: Ten Favorite Arabic Expressions 315Chapter 21: Ten Great Arabic Proverbs 321Part 5: Appendixes 325Appendix A: Mini-Dictionaries 327Appendix B: Verb Tables 341Appendix C: Answer Key 355Index 361

O autorze

Amine Bouchentouf (New York, NY) , is a native Arabic speaker from Morocco. He helped launch a year–round Arabic department at Middlebury College in Vermont, expanding upon the pre–existing, well–regarded Arabic Summer Program. He wrote the first and second edition of  Arabic For Dummies  and  Complete Arabic: The Basics  (Living Language, 2006). He also designs, structures, and teaches beginner, intermediate, and advanced courses through the ABC Language Exchange Program in New York.